References / Vehicles

Parked cars, side by side

Four car boxes parked side by side in a bay, noses toward the camera, with a pedestrian, at 35 mm.

Parked cars, side by side: Four car boxes parked side by side in a bay, noses toward the camera, with a pedestrian, at 35 mm.
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What to look at

Four equal boxes across the view: the outer ones show more of their sides, the middle ones almost none.

Every roof (1.5 m) is just below the 1.6 m horizon, so each shows a thin top.

The pedestrian's head is on the horizon; the cars are shoulder-high on the figure.

The camera

Lens35 mm on full frame
Camera height1.6 m above the floor (standing)
Rotation30° to the scene's axes
Tiltlevel (verticals stay vertical)
Objectsbox 1.8 × 4.5 × 1.5 m · box 1.8 × 4.5 × 1.5 m · box 1.8 × 4.5 × 1.5 m · box 1.8 × 4.5 × 1.5 m · figure 1.75 m
Floor1 m squares

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